MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F024.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 24 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.43,-90.73 Latitude: 33.43 Longitude: -90.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 35 22.7 22.2 97 0.6 22.3 214 14 295.4 298.4 295.3 344.0 16.95 1 1000 88 22.5 21.9 97 0.5 22.1 210 19 295.6 298.6 295.3 343.9 16.80 2 950 535 20.2 20.1 99 0.2 20.1 218 30 297.7 300.6 295.1 343.4 15.74 3 900 1002 18.3 17.8 97 0.5 18.0 222 33 300.3 303.0 295.0 342.6 14.42 4 850 1491 15.6 14.4 92 1.2 14.8 231 34 302.5 304.8 294.0 338.8 12.25 5 800 2004 12.6 10.6 87 2.0 11.3 239 36 304.6 306.4 293.0 334.6 10.06 6 750 2543 8.8 6.6 86 2.2 7.5 243 39 306.1 307.6 291.9 330.8 8.16 7 700 3110 4.3 3.0 91 1.3 3.6 240 41 307.3 308.5 291.2 328.0 6.80 8 650 3710 0.9 0.5 97 0.5 0.7 234 42 310.0 311.2 291.4 328.9 6.10 9 600 4352 -2.1 -2.6 96 0.5 -2.3 231 45 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.4 5.29 10 550 5039 -5.6 -6.4 94 0.8 -6.0 231 47 317.4 318.3 292.1 331.3 4.30 11 500 5782 -8.9 -10.0 92 1.1 -9.3 232 48 322.2 323.0 292.8 334.1 3.59 12 450 6591 -13.2 -14.5 90 1.3 -13.7 235 49 326.6 327.2 293.3 336.0 2.77 13 400 7479 -19.0 -20.8 86 1.8 -19.5 238 49 330.3 330.7 293.5 336.7 1.83 14 350 8457 -26.6 -29.1 79 2.5 -27.1 237 48 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.5 0.98 15 300 9548 -35.8 -38.8 74 3.0 -36.1 237 45 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.6 0.44 16 250 10785 -46.5 -50.2 66 3.7 -46.7 239 45 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.15 17 200 12250 -51.0 -74.0 5 23.0 -51.4 249 67 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14071 -62.9 -81.2 7 18.2 -63.1 248 60 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16512 -70.8 -86.9 7 16.1 -70.8 255 32 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.11 m Freezing level: 634.48 mb = 3909.43 m = 12826.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.88 mb = 3848.49 m = 12626.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.63 C = 85.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.13 mb = 104.25 m = 342.02 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 945.70 mb = 574.31 m = 1884.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.32 C = 77.57 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.45 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 37.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1279.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.88 mb = 527.09 m = 1729.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.88 mb = 1137.51 m = 3731.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.88 mb = 11451.31 m = 37569.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1270.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.88 mb = 14665.82 m = 48115.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.3 neg: -1.9 tot: 170.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 28.16 Bulk Shear: 45.42 m/s